Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

These strawberry cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese icing are such a delicious sweet treat, perfect for a birthday party!

If you are one of my local friends, you may be familiar with Edgar’s Bakery and their famous strawberry cupcakes. These taste just like them!

I ate quite a few of the Edgar’s version when I was pregnant with Mallory. I was doing some contract work for a company downtown, and when I was in the office, my pregnant self had to take a little walk over to Edgar’s downtown location and get one.

Fast forward to this past April when we celebrated my mom’s birthday. I made these, and I was amazed at how much they tasted like Edgar’s! The texture is perfection – light and fluffy.

No need to be an Edgar’s fan to enjoy these, though. My whole family (who live in Florida) had a fit when I made these and asked for the recipe repeatedly. So even though this recipe is NOT healthy in any way, I am sharing it here. Because…YOLO!

So when my sweet son Canon’s fourth birthday rolled around this past weekend, I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, and he specifically wanted these: strawberry cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese icing. He said he wanted these even though they were not his favorite color (currently green, not pink!) because they are so delicious. LOL!

I vlogged his birthday too, in case you want to see the story behind the cupcakes.

I adapted these from this Paula Deen cake recipe. That right there should tell you they are not lightened up in any way. But! We never have made a point to “healthify” birthday cake in our house, even in my dieting days. Only The Real Deal will do for birthdays.

Also, I piped the icing with a gallon-sized freezer storage bag. I just cut a small hole (1-ish centimeter) in the tip to pipe the icing through. I think they turned out really pretty, and it saved me from purchasing yet another kitchen tool that I rarely will ever use.

Not that there is anything wrong with just spreading the icing on the cupcakes with a spatula! The piping makes them look a little more special, but spreading it on there will totally work too.

And you will have a good amount of leftover icing, FYI. This recipe makes more than enough. I’d always rather have too much than not enough. Icing is something I never want to run out of when making cakes/ cupcakes!

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I’d have to check, but my cake batter is almost the same as yours with the cake box and strawberry gelatin powder and strawberries. Our strawberries would be partially pureed for the cake. I’ve never made them as cupcakes. I should!

I was just thinking of a different icing with cream cheese, but with the strawberries. The original icing I make looks similar to yours just without cream cheese. Comes out grainy and way too sweet. I used to love it as a kid, but it doesn’t taste as good anymore. Will be giving yours a try for Valentine’s day. THanks!!! 🙂

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